BBC Radio 5 Live at 30 – Dotun Adebayo looks back

I first arrived at Radio 5 Live at the old TV Centre in west London back in July 1998, as a guest on what was then known as Late Night Live with Nick Robinson.

I remember the date because my appearance was predicated by an opinion column I had been asked to write for The Guardian newspaper on the impending birth of my first child and the awesome task of bringing a black child into a somewhat hostile world. A producer on 5 Live – I can’t remember who to this date, but clearly I owe them a drink ...